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peyotl
peyotl
English
Noun
peyotl (uncountable)
- Alternative form of peyote
- 1954, Aldous Huxley, The Doors of Perception, Chatto & Windus, page 5:
- Jaensch, Havelock Ellis and Weir Mitchell began their experiments with mescalin, the active principle of peyotl.
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Classical Nahuatl
Pronunciation
Kartunnen (1983) writes peyotl; Andrews (2003) writes peyōtl; Lockhart (2001) says "length of vowels unknown; o most likely long".
Etymology
Related to peyōni "to glisten" according to Andrews (2003).
Noun
peyotl
References
- Andrews, J. Richard. (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, page 246.
- Karttunen, Frances. (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, page 193.
- Lockhart, James. (2001) Nahuatl as Written, Stanford University Press, page 229.